Fernanda Balboa

Fernanda Salcedo Balboa (October 8, 1902 – May 24, 1999) was a Filipina civic leader. Daughter of Marcelino Salcedo and Maria Pilar del Prado, she became the head of League of Women Voters of the Philippines, Inc. (LWVP) from 1947-1957. During World War II, she formed the Home for Convalescent Soldiers in Sampaloc, Manila and a community kitchen in Antipolo, Rizal. Under her dacade of leadership in the LWVP, she transformed it into a corporation and fought for the approval of the New Civil Code. She also initiated the Women and Minors bureau of the Department of Labor and Employment. During 1957, she established the Children's Museum and Library, Inc. (CMLI).